CVE-2024-29026 Owncast cross origin request

High 8.2 Published Updated

A lenient CORS policy allows attackers to leak the admin password via cross-origin requests, compromising the Owncast streaming server.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-29026?

CVE-2024-29026 is a high-severity vulnerability in owncast, published on 20 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Owncast is an open source, self-hosted, decentralized, single user live video streaming and chat server. In versions 0.1.2 and prior, a lenient CORS policy allows attackers to make a cross origin request, reading privileged information. This can be used to leak the admin password. Commit 9215d9ba0f29d62201d3feea9e77dcd274581624 fixes this issue.

Weakness: CWE-697, CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29026?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/owncast/owncast. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/owncast/owncast GoAll versions0.1.3
github.com/owncast/owncast GoAll versions0.1.3
github.com/owncast/owncast GoAll versions0.1.3

Products include Owncast Project Owncast.

How do I fix CVE-2024-29026?

Upgrade github.com/owncast/owncast to 0.1.3 or later.

Is CVE-2024-29026 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v99w-r56h-g23v, GO-2024-3054.

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